I could live on this. Customise as you wish with prawns, strips of pork belly, shredded chicken, roasted rice, fried shallots, or crushed peanuts in place of the slightly inauthentic cashews, even dried shrimps or squid — found in Vietnamese grocers. For this recipe, I’ve kept the ingredients pure and simple.

As I change trains at Victoria, it feels as if a black balloon has been inflated inside my brain. The pressure on my skull is maddening. My limbs have become semi-numb. I cannot see my face but I imagine it looks like one of those melting Salvador Dalí clocks, my eyes slowly slithering down my cheeks, mouth drooping, all oozing slowly down.

In a super-competitive environment like the City, the case of Lloyds chief executive António Horta-Osório brings a rare and welcome focus on stress in the workplace, and shows that no one is immune from its effects.